Biography

Aaron M. Kahn is a Lecturer in Spanish, taking up the post in September 2008. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Aaron studied English Education and Spanish at Ohio University. He then came to the UK in 2001 to read for a DPhil in Golden Age Spanish Literature at the University of Oxford (Linacre College), which he completed in 2005. Aaron is married to Dr Alison Kahn, an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. Together they run the Oxford Academy of Documentary Film, which provides tuition on the use of digital media and editing for research purposes. They married in 2005 and have a daughter Helena, born in 2006, a son Seth born in April 2009, and a second son Lukas born in January 2012.

Role

• Lecturer in Spanish
• Library Representative for the Sussex Centre for Language Studies
• Investigating Officer for the Sussex Centre for Language Studies
• Teaching and Learning Committee for the Sussex Centre for Language Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Golden Age Spanish literature, history and culture, particularly the expression of political thought in various genres of literature. Aaron has just recently published a book on the topic, focussing on pre-Lopean Spanish playwrights of the late sixteenth century. In addition, he has given numerous papers at international conferences in the UK and the US and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals. Other interests include general Spanish and European history and culture, film, religion, politics, and the connection between sport (particularly baseball) and society.

• Introduction to Spain
• Aspects of Spain
• Spanish Special Subject (Course Convenor)
• Themes in European Theatre and Cinema A
• Themes in European Theatre and Cinema B (Course Convenor)
• History and Culture of Europe I (1890-1945)
• Genres in European Prose (Course Convenor)
• Spanish 2B – Second-year Post-Intermediate (Course Convenor)
• Spanish 3 – Final Year, Translation and Oral Interpreting
• Final-Year Modern Language Dissertation Research Seminars and Supervision (Course Convenor)

Student Consultation

Office Hours for Spring Semester 2013: Mondays, 11-1 pm, or by appointment

Kahn, Aaron M (2013) Even further towards a theory of attribution: revisiting the Cervantine attribution of La conquista de Jerusalén por Godofre de Bullon. Cervantes, 33 (1). pp. 133-165. ISSN 0277-6995

Kahn, Aaron (2011) Idealising the Present with Future Histories: Ercilla, Cervantes, and Lobo Lasso de la Vega. In: On Wolves and Sheep: Exploring the Expression of Political Thought in Golden Age Spain. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 23-50. ISBN 9781443833707

Kahn, Dr Aaron, ed. (2011) On Wolves and Sheep: Exploring the Expression of Political Thought in Golden Age Spain. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-3370-7

Kahn, Aaron (2010) Towards a Theory of Attribution: Is La conquista de Jerusalén by Miguel de Cervantes? Journal of European Studies, 40 (2). pp. 99-128. ISSN 0047-2441

Kahn, Aaron (2008) The Ambivalence of Imperial Discourse: Cervantes's Numancia within the 'Lost Generation' of Spanish Drama (1570-90). Volume 14 of Hispanic Studies : Culture and Ideas . Peter Lang. ISBN 9783039110988

Kahn, Aaron (2007) Representation and Interpretation of Historical Characters in Cervantes's Numancia: Jugurtha and Viriatus. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 84 (5). pp. 573-87. ISSN 1475-3839

Kahn, Aaron (2006) Moral Opposition to Philip II in Pre-Lopean Drama. Hispanic Review, 74 (3). pp. 227-50. ISSN 00182176